Ironing-board.



Ah, W. HEARTMAN. IRONING BOARD, APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1 914.

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application filed April 155, i91 Serial No. 233L680.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I Axon W. Hamming.

room in which the ironing is done.

The object of the invention is to provide an ironing board of said class, which may be easily attached to and detached from a wall, and which when put up will project in-such a manner that shirts and similar garments may encircle the board without obstruction from the supporting means or the board.

Another object is to provide an ironing board which when detached from the wall may be folded and set endwise up in a corher or against a wall without falling-forward from the wall although placed. prac tically parallel to it.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved ironing board setup and attached to a wal Fig. 2 is a side or edge view of the board folded and raised against a wall. Fig. 3 is'an underside plan view of the board in Fig. 53, showing the underside of the board. in

'folded position. Fig. l is anenlarged sectionon the line a.a, Fig; 2. Fig. 5 "is an enlarged portion of Fig.1. Fig. 6 isa top view of the angle iron strip l shown in Fig. 5 Fig-,- 7 is a face view of the channel iron '1 in" Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 1 designates the floor and 2 one of the walls or partitions of the kitchen or other room in which the ironing board is to be used. p

'3 is the board proper; it is of the usual shape, rounded at one end and square a't the other. Secured upon the square endis a strip of angle iron 4, which is adapted to have its upward flange 5 hooked upward into a groove 6' of a strip of channel-iron 7 which is secured to the wall 2 by screws 9 and, is formed with a lower flange 10, which fits snugly up under the square end of the board'so as to support it while the grooved flange 6 preventsupward and for ward escape of the board. The board is turther supported by two slanting braces ll,

which have their forward ends secured by hinges 12 to a cleat 13 with which the board is provided so as splitting. The rearward ends of the braces are pivotally mounted on a bar 14 of a yoke which forms two legs 15, whose upper ends are secured together by a ilat cross bar 16.

As shown in Fig. 1., when the board is set up the legs 15 are held an incline by stopping up under the flange 10, so that the weight oi the board. on the braces 11 can not force the lower ends of the legs closer to the wall than as shown.

W hen the board is-not in use it is detached from the cleat on the wall, taken down and folded so the bar 16 folds hetwcen a hlocl; l7 and catch 18 underneath the hoard. and the catch 18 is turned on its pivot in over the bar 16, the latter can not escape but will acid the le s 15 in the position shown in 2. so that when the board is placed upright against a well only the legs will stand. on the floor, supporting the, board and bracing it against any wall against which it may he placed inuse.

1 .3 the braces 11 are held toward. each other. or againstthe shoulders of the heavier middle portion or the bar 14 by means of pins 19, while in Fig. 4 is shown that spacing collarsor blocks 20 may serve the same purpose as said pins.

l fiat I claim is:

i. In afdevice of the kind described, an ironing board having one rounded end and one square end, a cleat adapted to be secured to a wall and to hold the square end of the board in a detachable manner, means for supporting said board in level'position when attached to the cleat on the wall; said supporting means comprising a yoke-shaped leg of such length that when its upper end touches up under the depot the lower end will touch the floor. some distance from the wall, and a pair of braces pivoted with their-lower ends to. the lower part of the yoke and having their upper endshinged unoerneath the board intermediate the ends thereof. w I

In a device of the hind described, an ironing hoard having one rounded end and one square end, a cleat adapted to be secured to a wall and to-hold the square end of c board in a detachable manner, a yokeshapedleg; of length to reach from the cleat'to a point on the floor some distance to prevent its warping and slants away from and projeete beyond the square end of the board. 10

In testimony whereof I afiix my signatme,

in presence of two witnesses.

AXEL W. HEARTMAN.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. PEARSON, EVELYN G. PEARSONU 

